Readers recommend books: 'Emigants' series

What am I reading? “The Emigrants” series by Vilhelm Moberg. I was not interested in what I felt was a fictional account of early Swedish life until I started reading this series, and then I was hooked. It is repetitious and can be a hard read for modern readers, but it is worth it. I really like books by dead authors — many of whom are forgotten today but still are great authors.

A Taiwanese exchange student accused of threatening to "shoot up" his high school near Philadelphia was spared additional time in prison at his sentencing Monday, but he will be deported and barred from returning to the U.S.

Police in suburban St. Louis on Monday were searching for a gunman who went into a religious supply store, sexually assaulted at least one woman and shot a woman in the head. The shooting victim was in critical condition at a hospital.

Chipotle said Monday that the company has offered a fired St. Paul restaurant manager her job back after receiving more information about an incident where employees refused to serve five black men and asked them to prove they could pay before taking their order.